We had a very exciting bird count for Saturday, including some birds we have not seen/heard in quite awhile.
American Crow -2
Blue Jay -5
Mourning Dove -5
Am. Gold Finch -5
Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 2M + 1F
Downy WP - F+M
Hairy WP - F+M
European Starling- 4
Baltimore Oriole -1M+ 2 juv/fem
House Finch- 1M feeding 2 juv
Grackle - 7
Brown headed Cowbird- fem/juv
Red-winged Blackbird - 10+ juv male, 15 + adult males
American Robin- 7 in the backyard- eating berries from the Virgina Creeper (yay! always exciting seeing the birds eat from plants we put in just for them)
Northern Flicker (heard)
Black-capped Chickadee
House Wren
Cedar Waxwing
Indigo Bunting- M
Northern Cardinal- F+M+Juv
Great-crested Flycatcher
Catbird- Juv- on the back deck and then in blackberry bushes
Belted Kingfisher (heard)
Chipping Sparrow- at least one adult feeding 2 fledglings (Yay! That means there were other successful babies and not just the Cowbird baby).
House Sparrow- 1 M 1F
Killdeer (heard)
The big debate for the day was the sighting of two birds in the brush pile- were they Fox Sparrows or Hermit Thrush?? We were unable to come to a decision. They were moving in and out of the brush pile quite quickly. We had a few good looks, but we just aren't sure. We did not get a picture of it (boo!) so we can't even post for confirmation. Most of the bird books show breeding plummage and it's late in the year for that. If anyone has any definitive tell-tale signs they can share, please do. The Hermit Thrush would be a new life-lister for us!
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